I met and briefly interviewed the phenomenal 24-year-old Bolshoi and ABT ballerina Natalia Osipova yesterday, in rehearsal for an upcoming performance in Orange County next January. She struck me as a magnificently moody Russian.

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Everything about her is unearthly. Entirely appropriate for Giselle, of course. She actually brought tears to my eyes. His grace is superlative, and I admit the port de bras is unique. Still, my heart belongs to Barishnikov in this role. He was my ‘first.’